CatSU wins HABI People’s Choice Award

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CatSU wins HABI People’s Choice Award

The Catanduanes State University - College of Industrial Technology (CatSU CIT) beams with pride in its participation in the recently concluded celebration of National Innovation Day under the theme: “Unboxing the Filipinnovation Mindset” held on April 22, 2024 at the Novotel Manila Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City.

Among the student-participants from CatSU CIT include John Evan Tano, Joshua Balbadores, and Carlo Beo. They were accompanied and coached by Engr. Mark Franz G. Templonuevo, a faculty member of the CIT. Competing in the Food and Agribusiness priority sector, their pitch, which focused on supporting abaca farmers in Catanduanes, won the People's Choice Award.

This year’s theme emphasized core values essential to innovation, such as empathy (malasakit), critical thinking (pagiging mapanuri), creativity (pagiging malikhain), imagination (pagiging maharaya), and a collaborative spirit (diwa ng bayanihan).

It featured a Filipino adaptation of a Design Thinking workshop called Huddle, Analyze, Build, and Innovate (HABI). The workshop brought together 40 teams of students from 14 regions nationwide, challenging them to develop innovative solutions for the priority sectors identified in the National Innovation Agenda and Strategy Document 2023-2032. The students presented their solutions in short video or reel formats, showcasing their pitches and demonstrating an “unboxed” Filipinnovation mindset.

Dr. Edwin T. Romero, CIT Dean couldn’t be more proud of the achievement.

“I feel so proud for our dear students to have represented our university and our island-province of Catanduanes – this is one small but great step to showcase not just our talents and skills, but what we primarily have in the province, especially that we are the abaca capital of the country, and of course the other agricultural products abundant in our lands,” he said.

National Innovation Day is celebrated in accordance with the Philippine Innovation Act (Republic Act No. 11293), which designates April 21 each year as a special working public holiday to promote public awareness and support for innovation.